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To all whom it may concern: l

@tutti @Mine LEVIDEDERIUIQ or NEW YORK, N Y.

Leners 'patent N0.'1o3,o26, lated May 17, 1ero.

p IMPRorE1v-rrz1wrv IN SLEEPING-comms.

The Schedule .referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame. l

i Be it known thatrI, LEVI Dnnnnlcx, of the city,

county, and State of New York, havejinv'ented a new andusefulImprovement in Travelers Sleeping-Collaryand I do hereby declare thatthe following is a i`ull,\clear, and exact description thereof', whichwill-enableothers skilledin the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had `to the'aceompa-nying drawyings forming part ot' thisspecification, in which the` figure represents lmy improved colla-ropened out.

i My invention has for its object to furnish au improved collar, bymeans of which a traveler maybe able `.to support rhis head, whilesitting in a railroad-v cal;1 vor other conveyaneeso as ltosleep'eomt'ortably; an

`It Consists lin a collar constructed and provided with straps, ashereinafter more fully described. A represents a collar, which must beof sutieient breadth to reach to and support the back part of the headwhile rest-ing uponthe shoulders, and of sn cient` stiffness or body toprevent` it from crushing or wrinkling down about the I neck so as notto properly support the head.

.'lo the end parts of thc collar are attached straps, B,` made intoloops, and which should be provided with slides or buckles, so that thes'aid loops may be contracted or extendedfas may be required.

` The collarA may be made of any suitable material, and. may receive thenecessary stiffness from being made of several'thieknesses, fromquilting, from whalebones, or other suitable stiffness. But I prefer tomake it of two thicknessesof rubbercloth or other material that will notallow air to pass through it. In

thiscase `it should beprvided with `an air-tube, through which thenecessary amount of air may be blown into it, said air-tube :beingprovided with a suitl,able cap or stopper, that will prevent the airfrom escaping. i

The rubber cloth-or other material may be iliade thicker in strps,-sothat the collar, when iniiated, may be slightly7 corrugated't-iansversely, as shown in the figure, to serve as stays to stiifeu it,and prevent-'the f space than a pocket-h-andkerchiet'.

In using the collar, it is passed around the back of.

the neckaud the fore-arms arc passed through the loops of the straps 'I3,said loops being so adjusted in length that the arms, when passedthrough themmay rest in an easy and' comfortable position. By= thismeansthe weight vof the 4hands and arms will support the head, andenablethe travelerto sleep comfortably. 'If desired, the straps B maybeleug-thcned so that `their loops may beipassed' over the feet or aroundthe legs of the traveler; or they may be attached to any otherconvenientsupport.`

\Vhen, from the unevennessiof the road or other cause, the head has atendency to roll, the straps B may be crossed upon the breast beforepassing the hands through them, bringing the collar'A closer around theneck.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters IatentlA sleepiiig-collarcomposed pt' the neck-collar A, shaped as described, and the adjustablearm-loops B B, as and for the purpose specified.

lhc above speeilication of my invention signed by me this 20th day ofSepten'iber, 1869.

LEVI DEDERICK.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. Manno,

JAMES4 T. GRAHAM.

